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Little Alex Horne is slowly convincing the entire world to make comedians do daft things for the Taskmaster, and we very much approve. There are currently seven international Taskmaster series running, while a handful of other attempts at international remakes finished after one season, and the newest iteration, Taskmaster Australia, is due to launch in 2023.

When you watch clips of the international versions, they are generally recognisably Taskmaster, from the red-carpeted stage and the clinical white room in the Taskmaster house to the graphics and Horne Section soundtrack. It’s all so comfortably familiar that – if you watch a version with subtitles – you quickly forget the contestants are speaking a different language altogether.

But there are some key differences, from the show’s format to each different country’s cultural quirks, that give Taskmaster’s international versions their own unique flavour.

Here’s a rundown of all the active international...

Exclusive: Production company makes trio of hires as it plans growth.

Fledgling UK production outfit Redeeming Features has bolstered its team with three hires as it plots growth across its production and film finance divisions.

CEO Nathanael Wiseman has appointed Nathaniel-Antonio Lloyd as head of development. Lloyd was previously a freelance script editor and ghost writer.

Vivian Richmond has been appointed to assistant head of production. She joins from branding agency The Specialist Works.

Katarina Gellin has been hired as managing director for Redeeming Scandinavia, the outfit’s Norwegian sister company which has recently gone into post-production on its first TV production, the documentary Aldri For Seint (Never Too Late), about Norway’s oldest and most successful senior cabaret group.

Redeeming’s Scandi branch is also in pre-production on TV comedy series Ruined, featuring comedians Olli Wermskog and Lars Berrum.

Commenting on the company’s plans for growth, Nathanael Wiseman said: “Redeeming Features will continue to have...